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Pages in category "Ports and harbours of Guernsey" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Saint Peter Port Harbour is located in Saint Peter Port, Guernsey. It was a natural anchorage used by the Romans which has been changed into an artificial harbour that is now the island's main port for passengers. Loose cargo, liquids and gas are shipped to and from St Sampson's harbour. Castle Cornet has formed the harbour main defence for ...
Beaucette Marina is a marina on the northeast tip of Guernsey, [1] in the Channel Islands, to the north of Bordeaux Harbour. Nearby is the Déhus Dolmen. [2] The marina area was once a large quarry, with blue granite reserves. In the 1960s, the quarry was purchased by Vale Investments, who saw the potential for converting it into a marina.
2020 saw the RNLI's 1,500th call out from Guernsey, during which time 600 lives have been saved and 2,000 people taken to safety. [7] In 2024, St Peter Port received a new B-class (Atlantic 85) lifeboat, Harold Hobbs (B-943), in memory of the RNLI volunteer who was killed by German forces while serving on a Guernsey lifeboat in 1940. [8]
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The Little Roussel, also known as the Petit Ruau or Little Russel, is a channel running between the isle of Herm and Guernsey in the Channel Islands. The main harbours of Guernsey and Herm face into the Little Roussel. There are many small rocks in the channel, including Hermetier, Castle Cornet (now joined to the mainland) and others.
The contract means the firm will provide the Guernsey's lifeline ferries until 2040 [BBC] The States has signed a 15-year contract with Brittany Ferries to deliver the island's ferry services, it ...
St Peter Port Harbour; Town Church, Guernsey, the parish church of St Peter Port at the heart of the town; Buildings The Royal Court House (La Cohue Royale), seat of the States of Guernsey; Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's house of exile, which is now a museum under the aegis of the city of Paris). National Trust of Guernsey Victorian shop [10]